Residences
The Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix supports creation. It provides long-term support to artists and companies at national and international level, through residences for creation.
2019
Rebetiko
Anima Théâtre
(France)
Rebetiko is a story of forced uprooting that today echoes the stories of Syrian and Kurdish refugees who take the same routes to flee. It’s also a fictional story in which past and present intersect and intermingle, raising questions about History as it repeats itself over and over again, and about states that close their borders.
Creation November 2020
2019
Calm in a blue sky
Andy Gaukel
(United-states)
Calm Blue Sky is a meditation on the impact of US and coalition military airstrikes on civilians, affecting too many children, in the fight against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria / l’État Islamique). The show revolves around a missile strike, seen through the eyes of young children trapped under the rubble of a building destroyed by mistake.
Creation FMTM 2019
2019
ShortStories
DÍRTZ Theatre
(France)
A hybrid project at the crossroads of movement arts and puppetry, ShortStories plunges us into a world of metamorphoses. Opting for a resolutely corporeal vocabulary at the service of a poetic universe, this first creation by the company subtly and unexpectedly disturbs our sense of reality. Across the ages, between reality and fantasy, men, women, puppets, living bodies and object bodies intermingle in a sensitive dance that reveals, with modesty, the ties that bind us through life.
Creation 2021
2019
Au bois dormant
Les Illustres Enfants Juste
(France)
A puppeteer, an actor and a musician have fun dusting off Sleeping Beauty by rummaging around in a wardrobe, the castle of this marvellous tale, where a locked-up princess lives inside. Accompanied by a hurdy-gurdy and an organ playing medieval tunes, the characters have fun with a bunch of old objects.
Creation March 2019
Presentation at FMTM 2019
2019
Foyer
Papierthéâtre
(France)
The birthday party of Tara, a little girl who lives with her cake-maker aunt, brings together their friends and acquaintances. The night after the party, Tara disappears. The police investigation does not unravel the mystery of her disappearance, but the aunt finds a curious way of communicating with her niece in the evenings in her garden.
Creation 2019
Presentation at FMTM 2019